A man was sick and tired of going to work every day while his wife stayed home.He wanted her to see what he went through so he prayed, "Dear Lord, I go towork every day and put in 8 hours while my wife merely stays at home.I want her to know what I go through, so please create a trade in our bodies.

" God, in his infinite wisdom, granted the man's wish.

The next morning, sure enough, the man awoke as a woman. He arose, cooked breakfastfor his mate, awakened the kids, set out their school clothes, fed them breakfast, packedtheir lunches, drove them to school, came home and picked up the dry cleaning, took it tothe cleaners and stopped at the bank to draw out money to pay the power bill andtelephone bill, drove to the power company and the phone company and paid the bills,went grocery shopping, came home and put away the groceries.

He cleaned the cat's litter box and bathed the dog. Then it was already 1 p.m. and he hurriedto make the beds, do the laundry, vacuum, dust, and sweep and mop the kitchen floor.Ran to the school to pick up the kids and got into an argument with them on the way home.Set out cookies and milk and got the kids organized to do their homework, then set up theironing board and watched TV while he did the ironing.

At 4:30 he began peeling potatoes and washing greens for salad, breaded the pork chopsand snapped fresh beans for supper. After supper he cleaned the kitchen, ran the dishwasher,folded laundry, bathed the kids, and put them to bed. At 9 p.m. he was exhausted and,though his daily chores weren't finished, he went to bed where he was expected to make love-- which he managed to get through without complaint.

The next morning he awoke and immediately knelt by the bed and said,"Lord, I don't know what I was thinking. I was so wrong to envy my wife's being able to stayhome all day. Please, oh please, let us trade back."

The Lord, in his infinite wisdom, replied, "My son, I feel you have learned your lesson and Iwill be happy to change things back to the way they were. You'll have to wait 9 months,though. You got pregnant last night!"